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Ubuntu software updater fails
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Nobody
2013-03-10 23:07:50 UTC
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I can't download the latest Ubuntu updates. The update manager gives
me a dialog that says:

"Failed to download package files

Check your Internet connection"

I'm sending this message over the Internet, and I can surf the Web, so I
don't think my Internet connection is the problem.

I tried switching from the Main Server to the United States Server, but
that didn't help.

What should I do?
Mike Easter
2013-03-10 23:41:47 UTC
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Post by Nobody
I can't download the latest Ubuntu updates. The update manager gives
"Failed to download package files
Check your Internet connection"
I'm sending this message over the Internet, and I can surf the Web, so I
don't think my Internet connection is the problem.
I tried switching from the Main Server to the United States Server, but
that didn't help.
What should I do?
You could check your internet connection in synaptic.

Settings/ Preferences/ Network tab - the default is direct connection to
the internet, but it is possible to check to use a proxy and to
configure it.
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Mike Easter
Nobody
2013-03-11 00:06:20 UTC
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Post by Mike Easter
Post by Nobody
I can't download the latest Ubuntu updates. The update manager gives
"Failed to download package files
Check your Internet connection"
I'm sending this message over the Internet, and I can surf the Web, so I
don't think my Internet connection is the problem.
I tried switching from the Main Server to the United States Server, but
that didn't help.
What should I do?
You could check your internet connection in synaptic.
Settings/ Preferences/ Network tab - the default is direct connection to
the internet, but it is possible to check to use a proxy and to
configure it.
I checked the settings you recommended, and it was set for direct
connection to the Internet.

Isn't the Ubuntu Update Manager a separate thing from the Synaptic
Package Manager?

I've been downloading updates with the Ubuntu Update Manager for months
with no problem. I can't understand what's gone wrong now.
Jonathan N. Little
2013-03-11 00:09:24 UTC
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Nobody wrote:

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Post by Nobody
Isn't the Ubuntu Update Manager a separate thing from the Synaptic
Package Manager?
I've been downloading updates with the Ubuntu Update Manager for months
with no problem. I can't understand what's gone wrong now.
fire up a terminal and do it by CLI and you can see what the problem is...

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
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Take care,

Jonathan
-------------------
LITTLE WORKS STUDIO
http://www.LittleWorksStudio.com
Nobody
2013-03-11 01:33:53 UTC
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Post by Jonathan N. Little
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Post by Nobody
Isn't the Ubuntu Update Manager a separate thing from the Synaptic
Package Manager?
I've been downloading updates with the Ubuntu Update Manager for months
with no problem. I can't understand what's gone wrong now.
fire up a terminal and do it by CLI and you can see what the problem is...
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
Thanks for the help, Jonathan.

The problem is solved. Update did a bunch of stuff, and upgrade did
even more. I tried the Update Manager after that, and it was down to
six security updates to install, which were already downloaded. They
installed without any trouble.

Thanks to you too, Mike.
philo 
2013-03-11 10:37:25 UTC
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Post by Nobody
Post by Jonathan N. Little
.
Post by Nobody
Isn't the Ubuntu Update Manager a separate thing from the Synaptic
Package Manager?
I've been downloading updates with the Ubuntu Update Manager for months
with no problem. I can't understand what's gone wrong now.
fire up a terminal and do it by CLI and you can see what the problem is...
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
Thanks for the help, Jonathan.
The problem is solved. Update did a bunch of stuff, and upgrade did
even more. I tried the Update Manager after that, and it was down to
six security updates to install, which were already downloaded. They
installed without any trouble.
Thanks to you too, Mike.
Not a good move :(

Though *updating* your system is a good idea...
if you *upgrade* you may end up being moved off of LTS which is probably
not what you want.
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mechanic
2013-03-11 11:53:04 UTC
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Post by philo 
Not a good move :(
Though *updating* your system is a good idea... if you *upgrade*
you may end up being moved off of LTS which is probably not what
you want.
"apt-get update" updates the package index files without touching
the installed packages; "apt-get upgrade" checks what you have
against the latest versions in the repository and installs later
versions of packages if they exist in the repository. If you want to
upgrade versions of the whole distro (eg from 12.10 to 13.04) you
would need to change the details of repositories in the
/etc/apt/sources.list file.

Read the apt-get man page for details.
Mike Yetto
2013-03-11 12:27:31 UTC
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In a world where =?UTF-8?B?cGhpbG/CoA==?= <***@privcy.not>
posts to Usenet.
Post by philo 
Post by Nobody
Post by Jonathan N. Little
fire up a terminal and do it by CLI and you can see what the problem is...
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
Thanks for the help, Jonathan.
The problem is solved. Update did a bunch of stuff, and upgrade did
even more. I tried the Update Manager after that, and it was down to
six security updates to install, which were already downloaded. They
installed without any trouble.
Thanks to you too, Mike.
Not a good move :(
Though *updating* your system is a good idea...
if you *upgrade* you may end up being moved off of LTS which is probably
not what you want.
In this case (using apt-get) "updating" fetches a list of the
current version of the packages in the repositories that are
active. If there are packages in the repositories that are newer
than what is installed those packages are "upgraded".

Installing the next distribution is something different.

Mike "are you running old versions of everything?" Yetto
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by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense"
- Carl Sagan
Jonathan N. Little
2013-03-11 13:54:51 UTC
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Post by philo 
Post by Jonathan N. Little
.
Post by Nobody
Isn't the Ubuntu Update Manager a separate thing from the Synaptic
Package Manager?
I've been downloading updates with the Ubuntu Update Manager for months
with no problem. I can't understand what's gone wrong now.
fire up a terminal and do it by CLI and you can see what the problem is...
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
<snip>
Post by philo 
Not a good move :(
Though *updating* your system is a good idea...
if you *upgrade* you may end up being moved off of LTS which is probably
not what you want.
No not at all, that is a different command

sudo do-release-upgrade


In fact sudo apt-get upgrade will not upgrade all pending changes that
requires this command to do thing like kernel updates:

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
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Take care,

Jonathan
-------------------
LITTLE WORKS STUDIO
http://www.LittleWorksStudio.com
philo 
2013-03-11 20:32:47 UTC
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Post by Jonathan N. Little
Post by philo 
Post by Jonathan N. Little
.
Post by Nobody
Isn't the Ubuntu Update Manager a separate thing from the Synaptic
Package Manager?
I've been downloading updates with the Ubuntu Update Manager for months
with no problem. I can't understand what's gone wrong now.
fire up a terminal and do it by CLI and you can see what the problem is...
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
<snip>
Post by philo 
Not a good move :(
Though *updating* your system is a good idea...
if you *upgrade* you may end up being moved off of LTS which is probably
not what you want.
No not at all, that is a different command
sudo do-release-upgrade
In fact sudo apt-get upgrade will not upgrade all pending changes that
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
OK, I guess I misread, I thought he upgraded his distribution...
thanks all for the correction
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Soupe du Jour
2013-03-11 18:59:30 UTC
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Post by philo 
Not a good move :(
Though *updating* your system is a good idea...
if you *upgrade* you may end up being moved off of LTS which is probably
not what you want.
Philo already exposed his cluelessness in cola. Now he finishes the job.
Buh-bye philo!
philo 
2013-03-11 20:33:14 UTC
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On 03/11/2013 01:59 PM, Soupe du Jour wrote:


Troll their, troll here

*plonk*
Marti Van Lin
2013-03-13 10:06:42 UTC
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Post by Soupe du Jour
Post by philo 
Not a good move :(
Though *updating* your system is a good idea...
if you *upgrade* you may end up being moved off of LTS which is probably
not what you want.
Philo already exposed his cluelessness in cola. Now he finishes the job.
Buh-bye philo!
LOL that was funny, a truly Hadronesque "Schooling"®
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philo 
2013-03-13 12:38:39 UTC
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*plonk*

HoneyMonster
2013-03-12 00:02:28 UTC
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Post by philo 
Post by Nobody
Post by Jonathan N. Little
.
Post by Nobody
Isn't the Ubuntu Update Manager a separate thing from the Synaptic
Package Manager?
I've been downloading updates with the Ubuntu Update Manager for
months with no problem. I can't understand what's gone wrong now.
fire up a terminal and do it by CLI and you can see what the problem is...
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
Thanks for the help, Jonathan.
The problem is solved. Update did a bunch of stuff, and upgrade did
even more. I tried the Update Manager after that, and it was down to
six security updates to install, which were already downloaded. They
installed without any trouble.
Thanks to you too, Mike.
Not a good move :(
Though *updating* your system is a good idea...
if you *upgrade* you may end up being moved off of LTS which is probably
not what you want.
Totally incorrect. man apt-get.
philo 
2013-03-12 00:04:47 UTC
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Post by HoneyMonster
Post by philo 
Post by Nobody
Post by Jonathan N. Little
.
Post by Nobody
Isn't the Ubuntu Update Manager a separate thing from the Synaptic
Package Manager?
I've been downloading updates with the Ubuntu Update Manager for
months with no problem. I can't understand what's gone wrong now.
fire up a terminal and do it by CLI and you can see what the problem is...
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
Thanks for the help, Jonathan.
The problem is solved. Update did a bunch of stuff, and upgrade did
even more. I tried the Update Manager after that, and it was down to
six security updates to install, which were already downloaded. They
installed without any trouble.
Thanks to you too, Mike.
Not a good move :(
Though *updating* your system is a good idea...
if you *upgrade* you may end up being moved off of LTS which is probably
not what you want.
Totally incorrect. man apt-get.
Guess you missed my corrected post.

I read the OP's message wrong and thought he had upgraded the distribution.
I doubt if I'm the first person here to read something wrong
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Jonathan N. Little
2013-03-12 02:07:50 UTC
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<snip>
Post by philo 
Post by HoneyMonster
Post by philo 
Not a good move :(
Though *updating* your system is a good idea...
if you *upgrade* you may end up being moved off of LTS which is probably
not what you want.
Totally incorrect. man apt-get.
Guess you missed my corrected post.
I read the OP's message wrong and thought he had upgraded the distribution.
I doubt if I'm the first person here to read something wrong
Well since you are in a "learning mood" here is another tidbit for you.
If you are on an LTS release you will only be prompted to upgrade 2
years later for the next LTS version by default. You have to change from
the default to "move off of the LTS"

<http://askubuntu.com/questions/221599/ubuntu-12-04-software-upgrade-does-not-show-12-10-upgrade>
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Take care,

Jonathan
-------------------
LITTLE WORKS STUDIO
http://www.LittleWorksStudio.com
philo 
2013-03-12 02:49:27 UTC
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Post by Jonathan N. Little
On 03/X
X
<snip>
Post by Jonathan N. Little
Well since you are in a "learning mood" here is another tidbit for you.
If you are on an LTS release you will only be prompted to upgrade 2
years later for the next LTS version by default. You have to change from
the default to "move off of the LTS"
<http://askubuntu.com/questions/221599/ubuntu-12-04-software-upgrade-does-not-show-12-10-upgrade>
I advise staying with LTS...
I don't see with wisdom in the "continuous upgrade" approach.
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Jonathan N. Little
2013-03-12 03:16:33 UTC
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Post by Jonathan N. Little
Post by Jonathan N. Little
On 03/X
X
<snip>
Post by Jonathan N. Little
Well since you are in a "learning mood" here is another tidbit for you.
If you are on an LTS release you will only be prompted to upgrade 2
years later for the next LTS version by default. You have to change from
the default to "move off of the LTS"
<http://askubuntu.com/questions/221599/ubuntu-12-04-software-upgrade-does-not-show-12-10-upgrade>
I advise staying with LTS...
I don't see with wisdom in the "continuous upgrade" approach.
You appear to miss the point entirely. If you are on the LTS version you
will not be offered the 6 month version by *default*. You will only be
offered to upgrade to the next LTS version or if you change that
default. So if he was on the LTS version using apt-get would not "moved
off of LTS" as you suggested.
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Take care,

Jonathan
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LITTLE WORKS STUDIO
http://www.LittleWorksStudio.com
philo 
2013-03-12 03:34:59 UTC
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Post by Jonathan N. Little
Post by Jonathan N. Little
Post by Jonathan N. Little
On 03/X
X
<snip>
Post by Jonathan N. Little
Well since you are in a "learning mood" here is another tidbit for you.
If you are on an LTS release you will only be prompted to upgrade 2
years later for the next LTS version by default. You have to change from
the default to "move off of the LTS"
<http://askubuntu.com/questions/221599/ubuntu-12-04-software-upgrade-does-not-show-12-10-upgrade>
I advise staying with LTS...
I don't see with wisdom in the "continuous upgrade" approach.
You appear to miss the point entirely. If you are on the LTS version you
will not be offered the 6 month version by *default*. You will only be
offered to upgrade to the next LTS version or if you change that
default. So if he was on the LTS version using apt-get would not "moved
off of LTS" as you suggested.
Yes, I know that. I've already explained that I read the OP's post wrong .
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ray carter
2013-03-11 22:07:01 UTC
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Post by Nobody
I can't download the latest Ubuntu updates. The update manager gives
"Failed to download package files
Check your Internet connection"
I'm sending this message over the Internet, and I can surf the Web, so I
don't think my Internet connection is the problem.
I tried switching from the Main Server to the United States Server, but
that didn't help.
What should I do?
What version do you have installed? I've seen that message when the
version running is no longer supported.
Nobody
2013-03-13 02:06:45 UTC
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Post by ray carter
Post by Nobody
I can't download the latest Ubuntu updates. The update manager gives
"Failed to download package files
Check your Internet connection"
I'm sending this message over the Internet, and I can surf the Web, so I
don't think my Internet connection is the problem.
I tried switching from the Main Server to the United States Server, but
that didn't help.
What should I do?
What version do you have installed? I've seen that message when the
version running is no longer supported.
12.04 LTS
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